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  • Mexico’s cultural heritage and expanding tourism attractions

    MEXICO, 2017/04/11 A religious and historical synergy between Catholicism and indigenous practices gives Mexico the perfect cultural cocktail for a wide variety of festivals. A lot of are well known internationally, while others are from presently on to be largely recognised outside the country. DAY OF THE DEAD: Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is arguably one of the majority well-known Mexican festivals outside of the country, even before it was beamed across the silver screen in the opening scene of Spectre, the 2015 James Bond blockbuster. Although the film again plunges into the storyline, the busy scene featuring the holiday captured the world’s attention – so much so that a similar parade was started for the Day of the Dead in 2016.

  • Chinese Culture Enters ASEAN activities held in Laos to promote bilateral cultural exchanges

    CHINA, 2017/04/07 A series of activities within the framework of "Chinese Culture Enters ASEAN" was held Tuesday in Lao capital Vientiane, drawing the participation of over 200 people from cultural and educational sector of China and Laos. The event includes three parts, featuring book equitable, painting and calligraphy exhibition inclunding cultural lectures. Over 400 books highlighting Chinese culture, Chinese style and Chinese characters were chosen to display at the event, which was coorganized by Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' World Knowledge Publishing Home, Chinese Culture Center in Laos, Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of China's Shandong Province and Shandong Provincial Department of Culture.

  • H.E Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, President of Bahrain Authority For Culture and Antiquities

    BAHRAIN, 2017/03/04 “Distinct from regular tourism, Bahrain’s cultural tourism specifically celebrates a country’s history, art, architecture and the traditions that have shaped a way of life. We have historically always been open to the world, welcoming visitors and traders alike,” says Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities What is the importance of culture and art for Bahrain’s socio economic development? It doesn’t matter where in the world, culture and art are key factors for not only social but economic development as well. We believe that the role of culture in development should be treated as multi-layered: on one hand as an intrinsic price, and secondly as a real factor for Bahrain’s development leading to increased attractiveness of the country for tourists, residents and investors, thirdly, as an active factor of social development based on knowledge, tolerance and creativity.

  • How Tanzania Helped Soften Unesco Resolution in Favour of Israel

    ISRAEL, 2016/11/02 Tanzania was instrumental in helping the Israel to thwart the harsher Unesco resolution that sought to deny the Jewish national any historical ties to the Temple Mount. Unesco's World Heritage Committee (WHC) last Wednesday approved a resolution on the status of conservation of the Old City of Jerusalem, inclunding the Temple Mount. The resolution was part of Unesco's sustained efforts to try to reaffirm Jerusalem's placement on the inventory of endangered World Heritage Sites. But the sensitivities brought about by the contested status of East Jerusalem have always complicated matters.

  • Design of Sao Paulo Jewish Museum chosen as best project in Brazil

    BRAZIL, 2016/11/02 The design of the building that will home the next Sao Paulo Jewish Museum, which is currently under construction, has been chosen as the best project part 1,200 contenders for the annual Great Award of Corporate Architecture in Brazil. Designed by architects Simoni D. Saidon and Mauro Martins, from Botti Rubin’s office, the museum won in the category Convention Center, Cultural Center and Museum, the WebJudaica news portal reported last week.

  • New king for Nigeria's Benin kingdom

    BENIN, 2016/10/30 Thousands of people gathered to witness the coronation of the new king of the Benin people in Southern Nigeria. The coronation of Oba Ewuare II carries on a royal tradition that has endured from around the 13th century until the British invasion hundreds of years later. The ancient Benin Kingdom was famous for its vast wealth, sophisticated urban design and intricate bronzes. Its ruler, the Oba does not wield any official powers in Nigeria, but has a great transaction of influence.

  • Kenya's first Mr and Miss Albinism crowned

    KENYA, 2016/10/30 Young persons living with albinism in Kenya on Friday participated in the initial Mister and Miss Albinism in the capital Nairobi to demystify their condition. The Kenyan Albinism Society organised the pageant to celebrate ten years of its existence and to show the beauty in persons living with albinism inclunding to do away with stigma associated with the medical condition.

  • 'South Africa the art of a nation' exhibition in London

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  • Tunisia: 27th Carthage film festival

    TUNISIA, 2016/10/30 It is the opening ceremony of the 27 th Carthage Film Festival (JCC) in Tunisia, a warm festive that always speaks of its time. The festival which as well marks its 15th anniversary is reserved for Arab filmmakers and Africans, a period of showcasing major culture in Tunisia. “It is the twenty-seventh edition, but we are as well celebrating the 15th anniversary. And the number is as well a return of memory. A return on how the Carthage Film Festival have seen better and worse days in term of cinematography in the Arab African region’” said Brahim letaief, Director Carthage film festival.

  • Belgrade's Artistic Salon Returns with Love Theme

    SERBIA, 2016/09/24 The October Salon, one of Serbia’s most significant contemporary arts events, opens on Friday and runs until November 6 at the Belgrade City Museum's new building - the former Military Academy - under the motto ‘The Pleasure of Love’. ‘The Pleasure of Love’ explores “what role emotion plays in contemporary art and how it may be framed in ways that are neither banal nor kitsch,” said show curator David Elliott in a press release. “This may include the not-so-simple pleasures of love, humour, horror and any other perspectives that art may bring to bear on the fragility of human experience and life which, in itself, may have a transient or long-lasting impact,” Elliott added.
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